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Digital Agricultural Extension and Productivity Impacts in Rice Farming: Lessons From Nigeria

Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The use of digital tools in farm management is increasing in developing countries, yet their effects on production, technology, and managerial performance remain underexplored. This study evaluates the impacts of RiceAdvice, a decision‐support mobile app that provides personalized recommendations to rice farmers.
Eric S. Owusu, Aminou Arouna, Wilfried G. Yergo, Clare Narrod, Boris Bravo‐Ureta   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reply to Koplenig and Wolfer: Global language analyses must account for relationships, location, and unbalanced binary data. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Hua X, Bromham L.
europepmc   +1 more source

Experiential Learning, Narrative‐Based Learning, and Insurance Adoption: Experimental Evidence from Kenya

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract We compare the impact of two extension modalities on knowledge accumulation and willingness to pay for a weather index insurance product among smallholder farmers in Kenya. One approach to extension is based on experiential learning and involves participation in an incentivized framed experiment (or game).
Jamleck Osiemo, Francesco Cecchi, Erwin Bulte, Caroline Mwongera   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

How policymakers value end-of-life treatments for rare and common diseases in China: evidence from a contingent valuation study. [PDF]

Glob Health Res Policy
Cheng H, Jiang S, Liu T, Li B, Chen S, Li A, Chen H, Wang H, Gu Y.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Health coverage and farmworker productivity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Farmworkers are often subject to hazardous working conditions, experience a disparity in health insurance coverage, and are vulnerable to chronic health conditions and injury. Although recent health care mandates have improved access to healthcare, many agricultural employers still do not offer coverage for their employees. Because farmworkers
Zachariah Rutledge, Timothy J Richards, John D Lowrey   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bayesian and Probit comparative analysis of risk factors for high blood pressure among adults in Kassena-Nankana Districts, Ghana: An AWI-Gen sub-study

Adda RB, Abonongo IAL, Debpuur C, Oduro AR, Agongo G, Nonterah EA.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Damage processes in extended laser exposures using an <i>in vitro</i> model. [PDF]

Front Ophthalmol (Lausanne)
Pope NJ, Ha J, Melzer ME, Lopez P, Tijerina A, Noojin GD, Denton ML.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Farmer behavior toward herbicide‐free agriculture and conservation tillage

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Balancing conflicting policy goals is a key challenge in the transition to sustainable agricultural systems. An important example is herbicide use reduction potentially conflicting with conservation tillage—which often strongly relies on herbicide use.
Viviana Garcia, Niklas Möhring, Yanbing Wang, Robert Finger   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adoption of contract vegetable marketing in Ethiopia, the case of Enebsie Sar Midir District in the Amhara Region. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Abate MA, Malede MF.
europepmc   +1 more source

Estimating the catastrophic and impoverishing health expenditure risk among malnourished under-five children in Uganda: secondary analysis of national panel data. [PDF]

J Health Popul Nutr
Maurice MR, Sam O, Francis O, Proscovia N, Nankafu B, Uside KA, Yovani A Moses L.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source